meinikheim



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD G. MEINIKHEIM, or NEW'rowN, AssIeNoRm'ro HIMsELE, AND

` CHARLES oooK, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOLSTER-SPRING FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION foi-ming 4part of Letters Patent Application filed May es,Issa.

To LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that' I, BERNARD G. MEINIK- HEIM, of Newtown, in the countyof Queens and State of N ew York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vagons, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to box-wagons which have bolsters, and stakesprojecting upward therefrom, and in which the .box rests upon bearers,which are supported on springs in Vsection of the bolster and a sideelevation of the springs and a portion of the Wagon-box; and Fig.v 3 isan elevation of the bolster, bearer, and springs.

Similar lett-ers of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the bolster, carrying the usual stakes, B, which receivebetween them the wagon box or body C. @he wagon-box C rests and issupported on bearers placed one over each bolster, and adapted to yieldor move upward andvdownward relatively to the bolster. The bearer iscomposed oi' two parallel pieces or bars, E,which may be of apgle-iron,as shown, and spacing pieces or blocks a, placed between said pieces orbars and holding them at the desired distance apart. The bars E andblocks a may be secured together by bolts b, and at the end blocks, a,the bars E are slotted, as at c, for the passage of the No. 294,249,dated February 26, 1884.

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bolts. The ends of the bars E extend on opposite sides of the stakes B,and the slots c afford provision for shifting or adjusting the endblocks, so as to'fit between the stakes of wagons of different widths.The bearer is thus guided by the stakes in its upward and downwardmovements.

F designates the coiled .springs which I employ. They may be made ofsteel or other meta-l, and have their end portions, d d', bot-hextending in the same direction and to a considerable distance from thecoil. The upper ends, el, of these springs are connected, by rivets e orotherwise, with the bars E of the bearers, and theirlower ends, d', areconnected with or supported by t-he bolster A in any suitable manner.

As here shown, I provide saddle-pieces G, in the opposite ends of whichthe lower ends, d', ofthe springs are pivoted, and which rest upon thetop of the bolster A.

The lower ends of the springs may be bent at right angles, so as to formlaterally-projecting pivots integral with the springs,which fit in eyesin the saddle-pieces.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is*

The combination, with the bolster A and its stakes B, of the bearerscomposed of the pieces or bars E, extending at their ends on oppositesides of the stakes, and the adjustable spacing pieces or blocks a, andthe coiled springs having their ends connected with the bolster andbearer, substantially as herein described.

BERNARD G. MEINIKHEIM.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, ALFRED L. BROWN.u

